Tucson, Ariz. vigil honors migrants who died crossing the Arizona-Mexico border

[Judi Lynn]

Source: KTAR News

Tucson, Ariz. vigil honors migrants who died crossing the Arizona-Mexico border
By Fan Wang/Cronkite News | November 8, 2015 @ 11:00 am

TUCSON, Ariz. — More than 100 people made a five-hour pilgrimage the historic San Xavier Mission in honor of those who lost their lives on the border.

Derechos Humanos, a human rights group in Tucson, organizes Coalición de Derechos Humanos every year to remember the migrants who lost their lives crossing the border.

This year participants carried 137 crosses to represent each life lost on the Arizona-Mexico border this year. Most migrants died in the desert and many are unidentified.

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“Death is part of our deterrence policy but that doesn’t deter anybody who’s fleeing violence or hunger or seeking to be with their families,” said Garcia.

Read more: http://ktar.com/story/745506/tucson-ariz-vigil-honors-migrants-who-died-crossing-the-arizona-mexico-border/

[Kali]

1. highly recommend

Crossing with the Virgin Stories From the Migrant Trail by Kathryn Ferguson, Norma A Price, and Ted Parks

a few years old, but such courage and heartbreak, wish some of the people who whine about the problem could "see" the human beings involved.

[Sunlei]

2. This org. alone hears from 100 families 'every month' with a 'missing' family member.

The families don’t know where to begin. They don’t have the resource to begin looking,” said Gonzalez, answers many of the call. The organization hears from about 100 families every month. These days most of the calls are from Texas followed by Arizona.